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The dudes in A Rocket To The Moon seem to have a pretty amusing, mildly checkered past. Checkered? Yeah, I said it.
How else would you describe someone like Nick Santino? A man who deliberately and blatantly CONNED professional baseball player Jose Offerman into giving him candy three times in one Halloween (by dressing up as a Rastafarian, a "girl," and then, on a third trip to Offereman's candy bowl, Mankind, the wrestler). To be fair, Offerman would later go on to totally lose his mind and attack an opposing baseball player with a bat... so maybe it all works out in the end.
In the rest of this episode of "Halloween Horrors," the guys talk about their favorite scary flicks (they're into Rob Zombie) and dressing up like another deranged pro athlete -- Dennis Rodman.
Just yesterday we were learning about P.O.S.'s childhood romps through Minneapolis neighborhoods, braving blizzards to take in record candy hauls. Well, today we have something a little less candy-corny, though much more chilling than anything the Minny emcee/producer/singer discussed in his "Halloween Horrors" interview.
Here we have a 30-second sneak peak at P.O.S.'s forthcoming "Never Better" vid (taken from his album of the same name). And if the bone rattling beat doesn't freak you out a little, the shaky, hand-held camerawork, masks and hounds of hell certainly will.
And don't miss the MTV premiere of P.O.S.'s "Never Better" tomorrow.
I know that this is supposed to be an interview with Shwayze and you're watching it and you're saying, 'I see Shwayze, singer/emcee, performer of the summer breeze of song "Buzzin'." But who invited the Doobie Brothers roadie?'
Well, that's Cisco Adler, who you may remember from such hits as, "I Dated Mischa Barton" or "I Dated Lauren Conrad" or perhaps most notably, "I Am Most Notable For Having Some Naked Pictures Of Myself Wind Up On The Internet."
In truth, Shwayze is both one dude's name and the name of a group (or project) that encompasses said dude and Adler. So...they're like PJ Harvey, I guess.
Cisco and Shwayze are gathered to talk candy, frights and Fall; that's right, it's another episode of "Halloween Horrors." Adler recalls the rough streets of his Hawaii youth while Shwayze admits to being something of a Reese's thief.
LIGHTS: We have followed her adventures in the silent wasteland in Audio Quest; we've learned things we didn't know about her in "The 5" interview, we've discovered her "Halloween Horrors." And now, now we get to look at her!
This charismatic one-stop-electro-pop-shop posed for MTV photographer Rene Cervantes in these exclusive MTV photos. They're a little but funny/playful, a little bit goth and a little bit other-worldly; a lot like her music.
In this episode of "Halloween Horrors," emcee /producer P.O.S. recalls his time on the ice planet of Hoth, also known as Minneapolis, Minnesota. In a remembrance of Halloween past, P.O.S. talks about the time he braved a serious blizzard resulted in a record candy take for the then-Spiderman-costumed youngster.
The Woodie-nominated P.O.S. goes on to discuss his dislike of salted peanut candies and, in stark contrast to the boys from needtobreathe, firmly places his support in the Vampire camp (in our ongoing Vampire v.s. Werewolves debate).
With Halloween only a few more days away, it's time to get serious about being scary. In this edition of "Halloween Horrors," the Southern men of needtobreathe talk about Halloweens past. Matters of poor Ewok costume design are discussed, the concept of "filler candy" is broached, and a vote is taken on the matter of vampires vs. werewolves.
You can check out our earlier, less pumpkin-spiced chat with needtobreathe here, and you can watch all the Halloween Horrors your heart can handle here.
Dollars to donuts this year the streets will be swarming with DIY Lady Gagas this Halloween. Dressing up like the "Bad Romance" singer for Halloween this year is like dressing up like Sarah Palin was last year, except Lady Gaga actually brings us joy.
Jason Derulo will be taking his widescreen R&B tracks like "Whatcha Say" on the road with Lady Gaga in December and January. So that leaves him plenty of time to soak up the sights and sounds of Halloween in advance.
In this episode of "Halloween Horrors," Derulo recalls some Fright Night's of yesteryear. Now, one of Derulo's favorite Halloween memories is apparently the time he, "egged one of my enemies' cars." Now, this is just my opinion, but do you really have enemies when you're young? That seems a bit severe.
Mom: "How was your day, Timmy?"
Kid: "Oh, just dealing with my enemies."
In other Halloween news, Jason once usually was forced into a the D.I.Y. realm when it came to costumes; going one year as Pillow Case Man. Also, he's on "Team Liquorice Sucks" with We The Kings.
When LIGHTS isn't out saving worlds in her animated comic Audio Quest or making bubbling electronic pop (see check out the recently released The Listening), she's just a regular ol' gal with regular ol' likes and dislikes.
In this edition of "Halloween Horrors," LIGHTS talks about coming to Halloween later in life, her favorite scary movie (a battle between The Shining and the Evil Dead franchise) and conquering her fear of spiders by getting a pet tarantula, naming it Lance, and giving it a Twitter account. Be sure to check out Audio Quest, and perhaps more importantly, follow Tarantulance!
In this new edition of "Halloween Horrors" hard rockers Three Days Grace talk about some Halloween mishaps and some the candy/culture divide between the United States and Canada.
Drummer Neil Sanderson recounts a run-in with the law when he packed a toy piece while dressed as the Terminator one Halloween. Then we learn about the apparent drought in Canadian candy as the band muse on their least favorite treats, which include toffee and apples...ugh apples. Make sure you stay tuned through the end to hear the boys discuss the eternal question, who would win in a fight between a werewolf and a vampire. The more you know...
